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Persian Musical Criticism,

Story telling or poetical %recitations take
the place of our spelling bees and acting
charades, and often as soon as the repast is
finished music commences, or perhaps a
vocalist will vary the programme by favor
ing the company with a song. His roper
tory may consist of n song only; but no
matter, he will sing it over and over again
With as much pride as though he could boast
Of an unbroken descent from Orpheus him
self-over and over again, without any ap-
parent sign Of WEAKNESS, and, what seems
more strange, to the undagging interest of
the listeners, although it sounds weird and
uncanny to the unaccustomed European ear.
"Bah, bah, bah, good in the extreme" IS
echoed from one to another while the singer
pipes at the very top IF his high voice and
shakes his head to bring out the quavering
sounds to their fullest extent.
EXACTLY like the bulbul'' (nightingale),
says the host.
"When it sings to the roses in the spring."
puts in a third.
eyes, Allah's works are wonderful" ex-
claims the first sententiously, as he puffs
away at the kalian, his turn having by this
time come round.
In Persia a loud, high ,oice being equiva-
lent to a good voice, the singer who can sus-
tain q note the longest is pronounced the
best, for tho skill of the vocalist depends
upon the length Of time upon which be al
trill a note.-LondonS Society.
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and b'bulistic dispenser, is doing a rushino
business. He is heavily interested in some
OF the most valuable mines in this locality.
10 employing many men and in one of his
locations, called the Sally Ospood. ia ex.
tracing material which assays l35 ozs.
silver with copper glance and a trace OF
gold.
THE CUSTER.
This valuable property, owned by Peter
Pfeifer and George Fitschen, two ef Butte's
prominent citizens, is looking 30 favorable
that the owners refused, a few DAYS since.
$50. 200 from a Helena syndicate. The
syndicate are already heavy owners in this
section, have invested over $3.50, 900 and
are anxious to get control of all the valu-
bile properties in the vicinity. The Custer
10 being pushed by tunnel and shaft and
Mr.. fielfer informs me the mine is positive
ly not for sale..
LITTLE Swiftly.
This gentleman ia not only the represen.
tatlve but the owner OF mines in this dis
trlct which are producing the richest of
Montana ores. He is one of the early pio-
neers, an old-time prospector and most
progressive in his ideas as well as liberal in
his views. He has been in the camp from
it's first discovery n with the faithfulness
Of the true prospector has helped to place
the little city on it's present foundation.
Had the time I would 60 into details and
describe his various leads.
JOE BREEN
is the postmaster, one OF the merchants, a
heavy mine owner, a saloon keeper and
also justice Of the peace as we'll az proprie-
tor OF one OF the best hotels in the burg.
Joe is interested in quite a number OF mines
which have benin q comatose state.
but % that the railroads are passing his
door and transportation for his ores can be
had at q less rate than $35 per ton, he has
put forces Of men at work and is extracting
ores which will eventually make him an
aristocratic millionaire. "CHANCE.'
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LOCAL NEWS T

DIR. j. h. Owlngs, OF Deer Lodge, il in the
city.
The price of silver in New York yesterday
was 96A.
Carpenters at the Blue Bird have beer
laid off for want of lumber.
There were 1855 persons registered at
the close Of the polls Monday night.
The Pacific Express Company yesterday
shipped 8 bars of Moulton valued at $13,.
1874.
W. Walker has completed his contract
getting out iron ore for fiuxing for the
Clark's Collusa.
1t is rumored that the Major Budd mine
in Park Canyon has been sold for the sum
of 100000.
Tickets for the Boston Double Uncle
Toms Cabin Company will be on sale at
Calkins & Co.. on and after 9 q. m. this
morning.
The marriage OF Miss Mary f. Stickel
and Mr.. John F. Kelly occurred yesterday
at high IL, at the Episcopal Church. It
was a very elaborate and recherche affair,
and full particulars will be furnished in the
society column next Sunday.
Flint Creek was all disposed Of by JAS.
B. Leahy & Co. yesterday. This is an IN
~precedented occurrence in financial circles
to have Z5,OOO shares OF STOCK disposed OF
in 4S hours a week before the books are to
be opened.
A lady wal brought before Justice Dinge-
Won yesterday charged with asseulting a
neighbours child. Thu child had pitched
into one of her offspring and she followed
it and spanked it in it's parents yard. Her
husband appeared and paid her fine of SO
and costs.
The glove contest between Jack Lawrence
and Jim Bates at the Grand Opera House
Thursday night will be n of the most ex-
citing events of the kind ever occurring
here. Both men are hard at work in train
ing. Jack Mcdonald says he will have Jack
in the finest form he ever presented. All
present may look for a rafting mill.
The engineers of the Montana Union nave
completed the work they went down to do
in Silver Bow canyon. They are O on
the way to Anaconda. The new route will
pass through Gregson Springs and along
the foothills into Anaconda cutting
off Stuart about half q mile. This will
materially improve the upgrade while the
old route can be used as q down track
aud for convenience in reaching the main
line going North. Contracts will be let
pretty soon.
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No place affords such perfect social free
dom as a Mexican tertulia. Anybody pre-.
sented by any other body at all known tc
the head of the family is sure to be politely
received and ''offered the house." as the
Mexican phrase is. The Mexicans are a DO
lite and social race in all cases where there
is nothing to arouse their antagonism or jeal,
ousy. Any one who is afrable and well
dressed is made welcome in a Mexican
household so long as he presents no likeli
hood of competition OF rivalry with the
master of it in his business or political
career. There is no place in the world
where the coat and not the man who wears
it takes more marked precedence than here.
Love of dress is a ruling passion in the
breast of every Mexican-male and female.
In nothing does their Aztec Indian blood
show itself more plainly. From the poor
verdulera vegetable hawker) of the market
place, who ornaments her ears, neck, wrists
and fingers with the cheap imitation corals
which may be purchased for a few centavos,
to the first ladies of society, whose persons
glitter with diamonds wherever it is possible
to place them, this desire for adornment is
universally manifested. Rich apparel and a
graceful address are better passports to the
most aristocratic tertulias than the most
sterling mental or moral worth.
It is this readiness to open wide the social
doors which makes Mexican society so sadly
mixed in character. But the adventures
who thus gain an entrance often prove very
useful. If there is a fiddle they are planets
the first magnitude, being usually of an
active race with elastic limbs and unem-
barrassed by superfluous flesh. They dance
from the first tootings of the orchestra to
its last quavering notes. They give pleas
ant and salutary exercise to large numbers
Of muchachas young ladies' who would
otherwise ornament the wall throughout
the evening. This excites the gratitude OF
many mammas, affords these sons of fortune
new venue to establishment in life, and
them to be unanimously voted by
The whole tertulia ''the incest kind of young
men. "-Mexico Cor. Kansas City Times.
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Presumably Crazy.

Some citizens passing along Park street
Tuesday night, about half-past IL O'Clock,
heard the most unearthly yells proceeding
from some person in a vacant lot on Wyo'
ming between Park and Galena. Every
one in the n~eighborhood was aroused and
looking for the cause. It sounded as
though a man were being robbed or gar
roted and was shrieking for assistance.
The lot is below grade and a high board
fence runs along the sidewalk. A crowd
quickly gathered and one more adventurous
than the rest climbed down among the cast
off wagon tires and hoop iron strewn in the
bottom OF the hole and found nothing
more dangerous than a man who seemed
to be suffering from a severe attack OF the
jim-jams. Whether from fright or because
he was a foreigner and couldn't understand
his questioner he was unable to give any
explanation OF how he came there, but
seemed badly frightened. He was assisted
up to the sidewalk and was about to be
collared when a row. started in one OF the
houses OF ill fame in the n~eighborhood, in
which some strangers in town were in
volved, diverted attention and the fellow
in the darkness.
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c NEWS T

The Hope Mining Company paid off yes
terday.
The price of silver in New York yester
day wal &C..
Couture & Leford will give their weekly
Saturday night social as usual.
The old fashioned country dance takes
place at Renshaw Hall tomorrow evening
Captain Bracy has recovered from his
recent illness and is again seen on our
streets.
The Democratic Convention will be called
to order at the Court House to-day at IL
O'Clock.
The Pacific Express Company yesterday
shipped IL bars of Blue Bird valued at
$4,000.
The funeral OF Joe Bussiere. the man
murdered by Jack Rowan, will take place
from his late residence on Galena, neal
Montana, at 10 O'Clock this forenoon.
Judge Lippincott yesterday performed
the marriage ceremony uniting John Con
don and Miss Jennie Hills. in the presence
of John Hamilton and wife.
H. T. Burns died at Meaderville April 81,
1887, aged 81 years. The funeral will
take place at 10 o'clock to-day, from the
residence Of his brother-in-law, c. w.
Chesley. Friends and acquaintance are
invited to attend.
Jack Rowan had a preliminary examina.
ton yesterday before Probate Judge Irvine
to answer q charge Of murder in the first
degree preferred by District Attorney De-
Witt BIS the result of the inquest on Joe
Bussiere. He waived examination and
was committed to Jail without bail.
Tonight, at the Grand Opera House,
Jack Lawrence and Jim Bates twenty
round glove contest takes place. Other
sparring and wrestling events will take
precede it, and those who love the manly
art will have the pleasure OF witnessing
some square work.
The popular and enterprising wholesale
liquor firm of G. B. Houser & Co., of this
city, will establish a branch house at
Philipsburg in a few days. This firm, by
fair and square dealing. has worked up IN
extensive trade in the city and country,
which is constantly increasing. The su-
periority OF their goods j~ustifes it.
Jim Bates and a large party of Helena
sports arrived in the city last evening.
Bates hackers say he is in excellent form
and that he will make a rafting contest
with Lawrence at the Grand Opera House
tonight. Lawrence, who is a good 'un him
sell, will make it interesting for the Helena
champion if it takes him all night. Lovers
of the prize ring will See some fine sport at
the Grand this evening.
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Filed for Record.

w. A. Clark ct al. TO Hattie M. Peters.
s,r;ace ground of the Gold Hill No. 2 lode
m;n;ne claim, lot 80, T. 8, N. r w.;
Eugene D. Sullivan, as Sheriff. to W.
Thompson, the interest OF Rudolph ~ hu u .
in a tract of ground in section 70 w. 100
N, R. 8 W., one mile out OF 6u' oe IT,
814 feet east OF the COLORADO s"o'
Gilbert Wilson to All Lee, part OF tne
surface ground of the Atlantic lode mining
cleim, Walkerville; $500. -s+.r,e
Notice of placer location, the Ieams.sr - )
Quarry placer mine. four miles soG.4 4s;ot
OF Butte, in unorganized mining o's'f''
by James O'Brien.
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Fell Down an Ore Chute.

As T. w. Lee was taking out ground for
a CAP sill in the fourth level Of the Anacon'
da mine on Tuesday neal midnight he
made a step backwards and fell through
an ore chute a distance OF about thirty
feet. He knew the chute was there but had
an idea he had planked it over. Seen yes
terday at the hospital. where he was imme'
diately taken in an unconscious condition
as soon as discovered by his partner, he
was able to speak and acquitted any one
Of blame but himself. He explicitly stated
that he knew oil the chute being so near
him AZ it was, but thought that it had
been planked over. He was a mass Of
bruises on the side OF the face and scalp
and had a dislocation OF the wrist and a
main in his side. The physician in attend
ance says his injuries, though painful, are
not serious but he had a narrow escape
from breaking his neck.
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MONTANA MATTERS.

Miles City is determined to become az
substantial as brick blocks can make it.
The Miles City artesian we'll struck a
good flow Of water at a depth of SIS feet.
The Townsend Base Ball Club are chal.
lenged to play the Livingston club on May
The Miles City people gave the visiting
stockmen there a ball at the Macqueen no.
tel on the 10th.
Lumber, delivered at Philipsburg, costs
$25 per thousand feet; at Granite, $50 per
thousand.
1t takes a four-horse extra to haul the
baggage that daily passes between Jefer-
son City and Boulder.
The freight and passenger depot at Deer
Lodge are to be moved into town before
June 18th.
Indians ran off a band of thirty horses
ranging near the head of the Shonkin, q
couple of weeks ago.
Stealing one horse too many brought an
aborigine Of the Blood or Piegan race to an
untimely end recently near Conrad.
A Chinese cook at Granite was fned $50
and costs last week for attempting to shoot
a lady with a revolver. Providentially,
the pistol failed to explode.
One of the first settlers of Montanad died
at the Warm Springs Asylum at the age OF
so. He had been an inmate for nearly two
years.
The grade of the road from Drummond
to Philipsburg is only ffty-one feet per
mile. The road is to be completed within
sixty days.
The building Of the Bitter Root Valley
Railroad is delayed by a Misunderstanding
about the location of the Missoula River
bridge near Stevensville.
The saloonkeepers of Livingston have
formed the Park County Liquor Dealers
Protective Association to head off prohi-
bition legislation.
The Spring Hill whisky turns out a large
number of fine specimens OF the two-tooted
beasts. They are on exhibition on the
streets at any time OF the day or night, and
their bowls make the air hideous.
The stockmen OF the Judith Basin have
reached the limit OF patience and now 60
loaded for Indians. Aregular organization
has been perfected to 60 extensively into
the business of making good Indians.
The Livingston Enterprise Of last Satur-
day chronicles the arrival OF a member OF
the English branch of the Jones family with
four bull dogs. His destination is Alaska.
Theodore Roosevelt has shipped two
large Irish wolf dogs to his Montana ranch.
where they will be- used in DISCRIMINATING
wolves, coyotes, etc. They are valued at
$500 per pair.
CYRUS Moon died in Dillon last week from
the effects of injuries received by a top log
~ a stable he was putting up falling on him
and fracturing his left thigh, besides "a
ing other internal hurts.
The last number OF the Jefferson County
Sentinel contains a eulogistie obituary of
the late Cornelius Griswold whom it de-
scribes as "really too good to live in this
world"
The Rocky Mountain Husbandman ad-
v;ses Eastern female teachers looking for
Western schools to abandon school teach
and secure employment as housekeepsrs
IA the latter are o In demsnd.
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uon. Although having a large and inviting
study in the upper part Of his house, the
author never occupies it when engaged in his
literary work. His stories are all written at
night after his family has retired, and until
the early hours of tie morning the family
sitting room is temporarily transformed into
. library. During the day Mr.. Harris de-
votes himself to his duties as editorial writer
for The Atlanta Constitution, with which
paper he is permanently connected.
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AN UNPROvOKED SHOOTING.
Joe Bussiere Shot by Jack Rowan In
Saloon on West Park Street.

One OF the most causeless and unpro.
voked shooting ARRAYS ever chronicled took
place last night on West Park street, in
front OF the Branch Mint saloon, a few
doors west Of the Lizzie Building. Jack
Rowan, a miner, Canadian by biz tn. about
30 years Of age, who has been drinking
heavily Tor several days, entered the above
saloon about 10 o'clock. Pete Martin, the
barkeeper. whom he already owed for some
drinks. Immediately ordered him out, telling
him he didn't want his custom. Rowan
turned surlily and walked out. Standing
in the doorway he invited the barkeeper to
come outside and ne would give him some
thing. Pete turned and picked up a police
whistle and walked to the door with it..
Rowan retreated q few PAGES
on the sidewalk towards the curb. Joe
Bussiere. the general delivery clerk Of Fl. L..
Frank, a most estimable, ~good-natured
man, was standing near the doorway in
the saloon in line with Pete and Jack
Rowan. Pete blew the whistle and the
next instant Rowan drew q
MURDERoUs 45-cALIBRE PISTOL
more like a small rife than a pistol and
fred at Pete. The ball passed between
Pete's right arm and side, just grazing the
6nAA A1O UAO Oh Ia 0Au Ou661OI0 W
the right of the small of the back, passing
through his bowels and coming out close to
the navel. 1t then buried iteelf in the wall
at the north side of the saloon near the
counter. The wounded man was at
once assisted to a sofa, and friends went
and informed his wife of whathad occurred.
A stretcher was procured and he was
tenderly conveyed to his house
where a physician attended him. The
wound is a very ugly one. When the doc
tor arrived the bowels protruded and the
unfortunate man exhibited nausea and
other signs of the fatal character of the
wound. 1t was the physicians opinion
that Bussiere could not survive the effects
of it. He has q wife and three children de-
pendent upon him.
JACK ROWAN,
after committing the deed, walked
coolly westward and was overtaken by Off,
GERS Jordan and Buckley, who placed him
under arrest. He made no resistance but
was disposed to act ugly towards some in.
quisitive people who pressed too closely
round hin and the officers. Officer Jordan
took his revolver away from him by a
little strategy, and thsn they took him to
the calaboose, but Chief Cody had him
removed to the County Jail, as the
safer quarters of the two. Rowan has
been seeking q quarrel for the last day or
two, according to the testimony of several
persons. He was in Paul Davis saloon a
couple of hours before the shooting, asking
for a loan of six dollars to take his pistol
out of pawn. but Paul would not accom-
modate him, seeing he was drinking and
knowing the ugly character of the man.
He has two children in the care of relatives |
in Canada. He has latterly been more
since his return from a trip he |
took to- Canada a couple Of years ago.
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Gen. Boulaneer,s Silence.

Gen. Boulanger, French minister of wal,
though his popularity is more civil than
military, is a cause Of uneasines to Ger
many. He has taken no step to alarm any
one SO far. But as he says nothing, while
devoting all his energies to the reorganiza-
ton OF the armies Of France, his very silence
is suspicious and makes his enemies uneasy.
Chicago Tribune.
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An Empress Among Lunatics.
Mechanical Traps for the Sucker.

A good many people think that most Of
the gambling houses in Chicago are run
ION the square" but Hendrie, the expert
clock and model maker, tells me that he is
often called in by gambling gentlemen to
make some contrivances for their use.
He says he has made for certain wen
known gambling shop proprietors in Chi
cago, "hold out" devices for use in poker, az
we'll as 'stripper'' attachments for faro
boxes. The roulette wheels, he says, he
never heard of being tempered with, proba-
bly, because the odds against the player are
about as three to two, and that gets away
with his money quite fast enough. Chicago
Herald,
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A New Name for a Skeptic,

"Young men believe in nothing iowa
days." says Mrs. Ramsbothum, with a deep
sigh. "Why, there's my nephew. Tom, who
he's an acrostic Exchange.
An Empress Among Lunatics.
Empress Elizabeth of Austro-Hungary re-
Gently visited the Vienna lunatic asylum
with the wife of Prince Karl Theodore, her
brother, the famous oculist. Nearly all the
mad men and women recognized the empress,
who had visited the place before, and several
noblemen kissed her hands while the women
kne]t to receive her blessing. One lunatic
approached her majesty and said: "No one
would ever think you were a grandmother"
There was sucha touch of flattery combined
with the opposite sentiment in this that the
empress broke into ~uproarious laughter and
asked the lunatic's name and if she were
durable. She was told she was and her
majesty Immediately ordered that anything
the woman wanted should be charged to the
imperial purse.-Foreign Letter.
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The president of the Berlin police calls at
tention to the advantages accruing to police
authorities everywhere by taking profile pho
tographs of criminals which will distinctly
show the left ear. He says that while the
features Of the face change in the course Of
time, the ear retains its shape forever, and
furthermore, there are nc two persons whose
bars are identically formed.-Boston Trans
Eipt
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Tommy's Practical Suggestion.

1On1"y . 10Ct1CdI OuSSosCIUUS
"Did you spill the ink on the new sofal''
asked Mrs. Yerger, angrily, of her little son
Tommy.
eyes, ma" was the reply.
"Well, I have a notion to tell your father
when he comes home, and have him whip
you within a N inch of your life. That sofa
will look nice when we have company"
"That ink spot don'tamount to anything.
You can sit on it when your visitors call"
Texas Siftings.
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NOTICE TO

To Patrick Ducy, or his assigns:
You are hereby notified that 1, Edward Vein
rich, your have in accordance with
section 1924 of the revised statutes of the
United States, expended for labor and improve
ments upon the Blue Bird Quartz Lode mining
claim, situated in Homestake mining district,
Jefferson County, Montana, for the year end
ing December 81, 1886, the sum of one hundred
dollars, and you are hereby further notified that
unless you contribute or cause to be contributed
your proportion of such expenditure, together
with interest aud costs, within ninety days after
the date of this notice all your right, title, inter-
est and claim in and to the above described
quartz lode mining claim will become the prop
erty of the undersigned. your " who has
performed the work and made the required ex-
penditure thereon. EDWARD WEINRICH,
Butte, Mont, April 9, 1887.
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ROTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of c.. F. Young, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned Ad-
ministraIor of the Estate Of c.. F. Young,
deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication of this notice,
to the said administrator at the Probate Court
room, in the County of Silver Bow.
Dated April %, 1887.
GEORGE PASCOE,
Administrator of the Estate of C.. F. Young, de-
ceased